The Tallest (37 images)

It's official. On June 23, 2017, the Wilshire Grand Center, downtown at Wilshire and Figueroa, opened – the tallest building in Los Angeles, and the tallest building in the United States outside of Manhattan and Chicago. The tower, by AC Martin Partners, is massive – meeting rooms and 365,000 square feet of office space on the lower floors, a 900-room InterContinental Hotel on the upper floors, and a collection of bars and restaurants at the top, with a pool and an observation...more »

It's official. On June 23, 2017, the Wilshire Grand Center, downtown at Wilshire and Figueroa, opened – the tallest building in Los Angeles, and the tallest building in the United States outside of Manhattan and Chicago. The tower, by AC Martin Partners, is massive – meeting rooms and 365,000 square feet of office space on the lower floors, a 900-room InterContinental Hotel on the upper floors, and a collection of bars and restaurants at the top, with a pool and an observation deck – 73 stories that top out at 1,100 feet, counting that odd spire. The critics don't like it – "a dog’s breakfast, a tower that compromises the interest in sleekness suggested by its mirrored-glass skin with over-articulated elevations on all four sides and an oddly inconsistent fetish for expressed structure" – but it's bright and shiny, and this is Los Angeles after all. An even taller and shinier tower will come along soon enough. For now, there's this – for the record, at the moment. ~ Tuesday, July 11, 2017« less